The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-04-08
ARENSDORF.
LEAVITT.

O'Conneu any person who had told him
that "Bismarcl1s'' character was bad.
SIOUX CITY, Ia, April 2.-The defense in
| the Haddock case yesterday introduced
| William Doersan, who said that when Mrs.
| Leavitt was informed of the killing of
| Haddock she remarked: Good, I'm glad
| the - is killed" Mat Franciscus, a
| paWnbroker last August testified that on
| the afternoon of the 81 of August Leavitt
| said in his shop: ''Those- fellows are in
| favor of whipping the preachers; I am
| in favor of killing the -" On cross
examination he said he thought and
| had heard It remarked that 'Bis-
marck's" character was bad. Joseph Sprey
| swore that Leavitt wanted to borrow res
| volver on the afternoon of August 8.
| Leavitt wore light pants on tl< afternoon.
James Cruikshank, the jailer, said that
| Leavitt came to the Jail November 26 to
| see Bismarck" told him there was no
danger if he ("Bismarck " would stick to
| the story they had fixed up; Leavitt in
quired if Mrs. Bismarck" needed any
| money; took her address and promised to
send her some. Al Erwin swore
he saw Leavitt the night Haddock was
killed in front Of the Bankrupt store. He
had on light pants and rubber coat
Louis Seller said he talked with Leavltt
at Junk's saloon on the day of the murder.
Leavitt said: owe ought to blow up some
of the temperance cranks SIS they did in
LeavenWorth;" also said he once blew
up man and three children in
Leavenworth. Louis Agnes saw Bis
marck after the latter's return from
California; he said he put the shoo4ing
on Arensdorf to save his own neck.
G.. Barnes, of the City Mills, gave
the first evidence to prove an
alibi. He said Arensdorf's character
for peaceableness was good On the
night OF the murder witness went into
Eberly's saloon aud remained until $3.50;
took lunch with Arensdorf; left about ten
Or twelve minutes after tex Arensdorf
went east and witness went west; passed
Columbia House at 10:15; "Bismarek'S"
character was bad John Davaloan testi-
fed to the good character Of Arensdorf.
Samuel Kicker saw Arensdorf and Barnes
together on the night of August 8, about
ten O'Clock, near the corner of Fourth and
Pierce streets.
Sioux CITY, Ia, April 4-The defense in
the Haddock murder case showed their
hand Saturday, and while the attendance
at court was less than heretofore, the i'm
pOi 6duCo VI tLi6 GSStlllOuy was nUG gam
said. A waiter at the Shepherd restaur-
ant testifas that John Arensdorf was there
eating lunch at the time of the shooting of
Haddock. This is two tSocks from the
scene of the murder. G. W Smith, a har-
ness-maker, claims to have seen all His
story is as follows:
Il returned to the Columbia House about
1905 o'clock. Then 1 went to my ROOM No II.
Iopened the window. 1t faced Water street.
I could see from the window the cross-walk
from the Columbia House to Dineen's corner.
Iheard a shot fred ten OF fifteen minutes after
had laid down on the bed. I was looking
out of the window north I saw
four persons. Two were close together did
not notice any one near the fence. The two
close together were near the middle of Wafer
street They were not over four feet apart.
saw the man that fired the shot. He was north
and little in the rear of the man that was
shot. The man who fired the shot had on
Light straw hat, light pants and Rubber coat.
I am well acquainted with Arensdorf by
sight; am positive that the man who fred the
shot was not John Arensdorf; am acquainted
with Leayitt by sight. In my judgment Leavitt
is the man who fired the fatal shot Al electric
light was burning brightly across Fourth street,
east of the corner of Water street. The two
men referred to were between me and the cleo
trio light. The gas lamp o. the corner of tie
Columbia House was burning. I refused TO
make statement because was afraid of get
ting into trouble"
81. A. Lyon testified that he saw Arens-
dorf coming toward the scene of the homi-
eide soon after the murder occurred. De-
positions received from Kansas damaging